In her first Budget as Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged a £1bn funding uplift for support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) as part of an increase of £6.7bn of capital investment for the Department for Education for 2025/26.
The funding will be used to rebuild “crumbling” schools as well as trial support for kinship carers and foster care recruitment.
Support has also been pledged for the roll-out of the previous government’s planned expansion of funded childcare hours and the family hubs scheme.
The Treasury’s Budget document suggests that measures to support children’s social care reforms will not be introduced until the annual Spending Review next spring.
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